Santa Cruzans love their locally crafted beverages, and the wide variety of brewers and vintners in the area reflect that. Santa Cruz and the Santa Cruz Mountains became internationally know for wine in the late 1800s, and today there are scores of wineries located in throughout area. Beer brewing in the here really took off when Front Street Pub opened, but sadly it is now gone.
Beer
Breweries:
- Corralitos Brewing Company (Corralitos)
- Elkhorn Slough Brewery (Watsonville)
- Sante Adairius Rustic Ales (Capitola)
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Sante Adairius Midtown Portal Brewery (Santa Cruz) (Coming Soon)
- Steel Bonnet Brewing Company (Scotts Valley)
- Uncommon Brewers
Brew Pubs (breweries that serve food):
- Discretion Brewing (Capitola)
- East Cliff Brewing Company (Live Oak)
- Humble Sea Brewery (Santa Cruz)
- New Bohemia Brewing Company (Capitola)
- Santa Cruz Ale Works
- Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing
- Seabright Brewery (Seabright)
- Shanty Shack Brewing (Santa Cruz)
Tap Rooms & Gastropubs:
- 99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall (Santa Cruz)
- Beer Mule (Watsonville)
- Beer Thirty (Soquel)
- East End Gastropub (Capitola)
- Lúpulo Craft Beer House (Santa Cruz)
- Oasis Tasting Room & Kitchen (Santa Cruz)
- Parish Publick House (Santa Cruz & Aptos (coming soon))
- Pour Taproom (Santa Cruz)
- The Cremer House (Felton)
- West End Tap and Kitchen (Santa Cruz)
Wine
Wineries With Tasting Rooms
- Ahlgren Vineyard (Boulder Creek)
- Armida Winery (Capitola Village)
- Bargetto Winery (Soquel)
- Beauregard Vineyards (Bonny Doon)
- Bonny Doon Vineyard (Bonny Doon, Tasting room on the Westside)
- Burrell School Vineyards & Winery (The Summit)
- Byington Vineyard & Winery (Bear Creek Rd)
- Hallcrest Vineyards (Felton)
- Hillcrest Terrace Winery (Westside)
- Odonata Wines (Westside)
- Organic Wine Works
- Pelican Ranch Winery (Westside)
- Roudon-Smith Winery (Scotts Valley)
- Santa Cruz Mountain Vineyard (Westside)
- Soquel Vineyards (Soquel)
- Storrs Winery (Downtown)
- Surf City Vintners (Westside)
- Vine Hill Winery (Scotts Valley)
Wineries Without Regular Tasting Hours (Some By Appointment)
- Alfaro Family Vineyards/Martin Alfaro Wines
- Andersen Vineyards
- Aptos Vineyard
- Aptos Creek Vineyard
- Big Basin Vineyards
- Clos Tita
- Four Gates (Happy Valley)
- Gatos Locos of Vine Hill
- Glenwood Oaks Winery (Scotts Valley)
- Heart O' the Mountain
- Hunter Hill Vineyard & Winery
- Natal Vineyard
- Nicholson Vineyards (Aptos)
- Osocalis
- P&M Staiger
- Pleasant Valley Vineyards (Aptos)
- River Run Vintners (Watsonville)
- Salamandre Wine Cellars (Aptos)
- Silver Mountain Vineyards (Soquel)
- Sones Cellars
- Trout Gulch Vineyards
- Villa del Monte Winery
- Windy Oaks Estate Vineyards & Winery
- Zayante Vineyards
Wine Bars/Shops
- Cantine Winepub (Aptos)
- Cava Capitola (Capitola)
- It's Wine Tyme (Capitola)
- Soif-Wine Bar and Merchants (Downtown)
- Vinocruz (Soquel)(coming soon)
- Vino Prima Wine Bar (Santa Cruz Wharf)
Festivals
Beer
Wine
- Bonny Doon Art & Wine Festival
- Boulder Creek Art & Wine Festival
- Cabrillo Music Food Art & Wine Festival
- Capitola Art & Wine Festival
- Scotts Valley Art & Wine Festival
Chai Makers/Brewers
- Masala Chai Co.
- Suncha
- ViDA Juice (Santa Cruz)
